EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
I am Conny Gramsch and my husband, Achim, and I have lived in East Germany a little more than half our lives and in Russia almost the other half. Our 4 daughters (14, 12, 10, 4) still consider themselves Germans :=) During our 16 years of marriage we have lived in 9 different apartments, which I always tried to transform into a cozy place, filled with guests and homemade music of each family member.
How to survive our children’s Christmas expectations? “Oh, Ma, I can hardly wait the time of Advent to come. The time of cookies, baking, decoration, candles, music, and cozy family gatherings,” said my 12-year-old daughter yesterday with a very emotional expression. Within me I cannot find any thrill of anticipation; at least, I don’t feel [...]
